I don't think things are as dire in 49'er land as some are stating. They're still a very good football team that if given home field advantage could go all the way.

Yeah the Hawks crushed them, but remember they were just coming off of a huge road win against the Pats where they had to scratch and claw all the way til the end. So the niners had to yet again get geeked up for another nationally televised road game where their opponent was about to unleash two years of pent up frustration out on their tired asses.

Delusional.Harbaugh is planning on the future, he knows that Smith isn't any more than a stop gap QB whose ceiling has been reached, and that just isn't enough to take the 49rs all the way, that's why he pulled the plug on that experiment.Kaepernick is a work in progress.Pete recognized the need for getting Wilson acclimated to NFL level of play, and wasted no time in puting him in as the starter, and begin the proccess.Flynn just might have been an early on success, but Pete saw that Wilson had a much higher ceiling, and didn't want to delay his progress.Harbaugh COPIED Pete, only he started later in the Season to get Kaepernick up to snuff.Kaepernick isn't as astute or gifted as Wilson, so his road is going to be a lot rockyer because of it...Advantage, Pete Carroll, and the Seahawks (God I'm glad we have John Schneider)

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The one poster noted a trend that I hadn't considered with the 9ers and that was their stretch against the Rams, Dolphins, Patriots and finally Seattle. There are some fair trend observations in those posts that as an outsider, I would not know.

Just like some of our current 9ers posters, they do not have the faith in their OL pass protection that me as Joe casual fan would consider. I still respect their team and have moved on to the Rams. Only one fanbase at the end of the year will be living the life. If it isn't us, I expect similar musings from some of our disappointed fans.

-The Glove- wrote:" and they can't get away with their usual Qwest b******t like Wilson throwing TD passes when the playclock expired,"

Don't know what he meant by this...but as long as the ball is snapped before the clock expires, we're good.

The McCoy TD came after the ball was snapped with the clock showing 0:00. It was commented on by Michaels saying the refs will look at the ball after the clock has expired. If the ball has been snapped by the time they look down, they won't flag the play. Or something along those lines.

-The Glove- wrote:" and they can't get away with their usual Qwest b******t like Wilson throwing TD passes when the playclock expired,"

Don't know what he meant by this...but as long as the ball is snapped before the clock expires, we're good.

The McCoy TD came after the ball was snapped with the clock showing 0:00. It was commented on by Michaels saying the refs will look at the ball after the clock has expired. If the ball has been snapped by the time they look down, they won't flag the play. Or something along those lines.

Ah! See you don't catch things like that sitting in the 300 level at the game

I might be alone in this thinking, but I still think the Niners are the class of the conference regardless of what happened on Sunday. Now I know the Hawks were actually better on the road this year, even in their losses and that in the Chicago game, a monster was created, but SF is built to win and they have win some pretty significant road games.

It isn't that I enjoy saying it, but that Niner team can get it done if they put it together. Sure, I love seeing them in disarray and giving up, but that is how they roll.

I wasn't expecting the Hawks to have the kind of balance in all aspects of their game THIS year, but thought they would improve, that Niner team has had that balance for a while and if CK can calm down, they will go far.

Still fun seeing the fans in the doldrums though. Sort of "backing" in to the playoffs.

The only concern I have and I mean only is that Bevell will get cute and pass even though Lynch is gaining yardage. 1/30/2015 - loaf

loafoftatupu wrote:I might be alone in this thinking, but I still think the Niners are the class of the conference regardless of what happened on Sunday. Now I know the Hawks were actually better on the road this year, even in their losses and that in the Chicago game, a monster was created, but SF is built to win and they have win some pretty significant road games.

It isn't that I enjoy saying it, but that Niner team can get it done if they put it together. Sure, I love seeing them in disarray and giving up, but that is how they roll.

I wasn't expecting the Hawks to have the kind of balance in all aspects of their game THIS year, but thought they would improve, that Niner team has had that balance for a while and if CK can calm down, they will go far.

Still fun seeing the fans in the doldrums though. Sort of "backing" in to the playoffs.